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Update: UK military denies iPod ban
“The pocket-sized digital music player, which can store thousands of songs, is one of a series of banned gadgets that the military will no longer allow into most sections of its headquarters in the UK and abroad.
Devices with large storage capabilities—most notably those with a Universal Serial Bus (or USB) plug used to connect to a computer—have been treated with greater suspicion of late by government agencies and corporations alike.”
Update: The British Ministry of Defense has denied to the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) that the military has imposed an outright ban on iPods or portable storage devices in general. A spokesman clarified that only specific secure areas are or will be deemed off-limits to such devices, and that the iPod was not specifically targeted by the government.
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1
What about key chain drives? They’re getting larger in capacity and are much more concealable.
Posted by Obadiah on July 13, 2004 at 6:22 AM (PST)
2
most ppl would probobly think it sucks as an idea,but, the UK military has ther reasons. not something good for the soldiers :(
Posted by THE bomb on July 13, 2004 at 6:56 AM (PST)
3
it’s a good idea- maybe they can keep them in a special clear holding locker or something, but not inside the base.
Posted by g on July 13, 2004 at 7:01 AM (PST)
4
You can’t deny that they deny denying the use of iPods. I deny anyone who denies that.
PS how about just disabling the use of external drives on sensitive machines? Lock it in a cabinet if nothing else—probably a good idea anyway! (Someone will come along and clip the mouse cord and splice in a drive though… better have software protection too.)
Posted by Nagromme on July 13, 2004 at 8:47 AM (PST)
5
It must be a slow news day for the media to spin such a story like this.
This made the front page of CNN….boo….
Posted by AMG on July 13, 2004 at 9:20 AM (PST)
6
It’s the military…they can ban whatever they want. It’s just like banning the use of cellular phones that have photographic capabilities. Doesn’t that make sense though? It does to me…but I use my mini every day at work! BTW, I’m in the US Air Force.
Posted by Asian_N02 in Delaware on July 13, 2004 at 10:51 AM (PST)
7
Sam denies caring.
Posted by Sam on July 14, 2004 at 10:30 AM (PST)
8
Yeah slow news day me thinks! Which government wouldn’t want to stop people walking away with vital security informantion…
Posted by wobble on July 14, 2004 at 11:55 AM (PST)
9
I’m to tired to write… Please rearrange the letters in your own mind….
Posted by wobble on July 14, 2004 at 11:57 AM (PST)
10
This is almost as stupid as the US aemy banning cans of coke because they might contain a GPS and a cell phone
Posted by Brad on July 14, 2004 at 4:16 PM (PST)
11
The Beeb, again. Sheesh! They still have a credibility problem even without Gilligan!
Posted by Obadiah on July 15, 2004 at 6:59 AM (PST)
12
It’s the ‘Minsitry Of Defence’. not Defense.
Why? because that’s how we Brits spell it.
Posted by Mr Pedant on July 16, 2004 at 4:19 AM (PST)
13
Isn’t that because the language was called ‘English’, I wonder why they would call a language that? After all there’s a country called something similar
Posted by UKBloke on July 30, 2004 at 8:55 PM (PST)